Inspiration is coming back…

It have been ages since I was active. The winter is coming (heard that quote before?) and the long rides on my bikes have been moved indoors and can be over with in an hour. All this newly won hours will hopefully be used behind the desk, painting and building stuff – and hey… we got new windows in our apartment and therefore I had to clean up in front of them, including my working desk – now it is shinning, a nice way to start up again.

First thing I will have to work on is my US infantry. I also have a project that I started before my absent, a Dodge Ambulance conversion to a WC54:

For some reason I really love those small Dodge trucks, I have several of them built already, just have to paint them.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I also work on a tutorial on how to take good looking pictures of your models. I just have to make all the images that goes with the tutorial.

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3 comments on “Inspiration is coming back…”

Hi Thomas and welcome back to your room! I am much the same and have too many other things to do when the weather is good. I broke some ribs and my arm six weeks ago so I am now trying to catch up on lost time as my arm is out of plaster now. I have a front porch to build before Christmas so we can get some Christmas lights up. I finished my wargames room by the end of last Winter and had a few game against some friends and some solo battles – all WW2.
Did I send you some pictures of how it all looked at the end?
I like those trucks – who makes them? Have you got any further with your La Fiere buildings yet?
Mick

Hi Mick, thanks :-)
I am sorry to hear about your injury, good to hear that you are getting better. Please send pictures!!!
The truck is Academy’s ambulance, very sweet model, I have to buy one more as I will need an ambulance too.
About the La Fiere buildings everyting has been on hold, I think maybe that was the project that killed my inspiration. I really liked to sculpture the buildings, but the mouldmaking was a very slow process and quite boring. I will probably just do moulds of parts that will help me to save lots of time, like windows and roofs.

I’m looking forward to your return and the inspirational photographs that will follow! That Dodge truck is looking great-there are a couple of versions of those trucks at a local military museum, though they’re both Korean War vintage and have open or flat beds rather than the ambulance compartment.

Second World War Wargaming

This blog is mostly about making terrain, build and paint tanks and figures for scenarios fought in Western Europe 1944-1945, with a special focus on the Normandy campaign and the following months of fighting. The scale is 1/72 (20mm).